Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-04-30

attendance averages i65, and are taught
by three teachers. The course includes
grammar, intermediate and primary
grades. On account of its excellent school
facilities, many farmers of the adjacent
country have built homes in Gridley, and
permanently reside there for the purpose
of educating their children. This is not
because there is not a suffieiency of schools
in the neighborhood, but on account of the
better classification and more advanced
studies pursued than in the ordinary coun-
try schools.
ORGANIZATIONS.
Gridley has all the fraternal and benev-
olent organizations common to the cities
of California, and the membership of each
in proportion TO the population, is ex-
tremely large. There is a fine brick hall
in the town, upstairs over the business
houses, constructed expressly for meeting
purposes. The Lodge of Masons has
membership of Az, Odd Fellows 40, Good
Templars 20, Ancient Order of United
Workmen A, Native Sons 26, Chosen
Friends 90, Rebekah Degree Lodge %,
Order of Eastern Star 80, and Band of
Hope 80.
The Board of Trade is an organization
recently formed, composed of the princi-
pal capitalists, business men and property
owners, for the purpose of advancing the
interests of the town and building up
the surrounding country. They meet
frequently, and are often called to-
gether specially, when anything of
importance needs immediate action.
Through their instrumentality manufact-
urers have been induced to locate
In Gridley, and their recent attempt
to induce the Commissioners to locate
the Normal School here, and munificent
propositions offered were entirely owing to
its exertions. By subscriptions, they pro-
posed to donate twenty acres Of land con-
tiguous to the town, at the lowest valua-
ton being worth 800 per acre-S2, 000-
and to give 100000 brick or more to aid
in its construction. The brick, at the ruI-
ing quotation in San Francisco, would be
worth $1,000. This is but sample of
the energy, enterprise and liberality of
this people in their endeavors to build up
this section, and, though the Commits
sioners did not accept the generous offer,
yet ii speaks volumes in their favor. The
membership is sixty-eight, all active and
live business men. Their place of meet
ting is the Town Hall, large room, 81 by
60 feet, up stairs in the principal business
block.
In addition, for social and amusement
purposes, there is dramatic troupe a
baseball club of twenty-five members,
gymnastic club Of fifteen, brass band of
ten pieces, and string band of four pieces.
THE CEMETERY
Gridley has neat, well-laid out Gene
terry just on the outskirts of the town, sur
rounded by neat picket fence painted
white. The entire plat is about ten acres
in extent but only two acres are at pres
'ent improved. 1t is used for interment by
large section of surrounding country,
Biggs even burying her dead here.
RAILROAD FACILITIES.
The California and Oregon Railroad is
at present the chief means of communica-
ton. Two trains pass out of the town
every day, going north and south. With
the completion of this road additional
markets will be opened up for many of the
products of Gridley. The depot is too
small for the transaction of the present
volume of business, but new one is prom
ised more commensurate in size with the
importance OF the place. Good corrals for
the shipment of stock, graveled to the
depth of a foot to prevent being
tramped into a mud-hole in the winter
time, affords all the facilities needed.
Wood is shipped in large quantities
to both Marysyille and Sacramento, 500
cords being sent to the latter place this
season. The railroad company have large
coal-bins here for their own convenience.